Listed Building record TQ 83 SW 79 - WAR MEMORIAL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1918 to 1930

Location

Grid reference TQ 8101 3286 (point)
Map sheet TQ83SW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BENENDEN TQ8133 THE STREET 1350-0/7/145 (North East side) War Memorial GV II War Memorial. c.1920, Sculptor Albert Toft, cast at Albion Art Foundry, Parsons Green. Bronze seated statue of female in flowing robes, leaning on a shield and holding laurel wreath in her left hand on rectangular stepped stone plinth about 7 feet 6 inches long. Inscription on bronze plaque at the top of the plinth reads "To the memory of the men of Benenden who fought and died for justice and liberty in the Great War 1914-18. Their name liveth for evermore". On a bronze plaque below are inscribed the names of local men who died in the 1st World War and below those who died in the Second World War.
Listing NGR: TQ8101132862


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM